Contact: Maridith Geuder
Music from the masters and modern composers will be featured Thursday [Feb. 6] at a Mississippi State University faculty recital.
Flutist Lana K. Johns and pianist Jackie Edwards-Henry, both members of the MSU music education department, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in McComas Hall theater. Tickets are $5.
The program will include selections by Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saens and, from the 19th and early 20th centuries, Pierre Sancan, Erwin Schulhoff and Eldin Burton.
The two performers formed the duo in 2001 and currently have a compact disc recording under way of Czech-composed music for flute and piano.
An active performer and clinician, Edwards-Henry is associate professor of piano and piano pedagogy. She holds a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma, with bachelor's and master's degrees from William Jewell College and the University of Illinois, respectively.
Johns has made appearances in South America, Europe and a variety of U.S. locations, including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall. She holds degrees in flute performance from the University of Cincinnati and Florida State University.
For more information about the program, telephone (662) 325-3070.